House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) slammed Republican lawmakers in Washington and in statehouses across the country for attempting to pass new laws restricting abortion rights, saying they needed a lesson on “the birds and the bees.”

Pelosi said new laws passed by legislatures in Texas and North Carolina endangered women’s ability to engage in family planning in an interview set to air Thursday.

“What is at risk is the discretion of a woman to make judgments about the size and time, timing of her family,” Pelosi told MSNBC. “It’s respect for the judgment of women about what is good for them, for their families, their health, which is important to their families.”

Pelosi added that “the reality is that people in our country do practice birth control and use contraception.”

“I don’t know if my colleagues need a lesson on the birds and the bees. I really don’t get it,” Pelosi said.